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Jon Gordon

December 2014 - TD Magazine

Some common workplace behaviors might give the appearance that you don’t care.

A Lesson on Caring

There's no doubt about it: the past year or so has been a lean time for most companies. And while there's hope that the worst (economically speaking) might be behind us, we aren't out of the woods yet. The dark days of the recession have spawned a troubling new issue, one that could cripple organizations even as we head into recovery. The looming problem? A widespread loss of employee engagement."Even if companies haven't literally lost their employees, many have lost them psychologically," warns Jon Gordon, speaker, consultant, and author of the new book The Shark and the Goldfish: Positive Ways to Thrive During Waves of Change. "Too many Americans are beaten down, burned out, and completely de-motivated. And if leaders don't strive to change that-to create a positive culture that energizes people-there will be dire consequences."Read the full blog.

Re-Energize Your Burned Out Workforce – 9 Leadership Strategies to Boost Morale

The article focuses on the report of the gallup organization regarding the negative workplace relationship to cost billions of dollars and productivity of the company. Dwight Cooper, CEO of PRR, a nurse staffing company decided to deal with the subtle negativity in the organization, particularly the company policy he called "the no complaining rule. Meanwhile, Colorado Permanente Medical Group Inc. also chose to deal with negativity by letting go of 10 to 20 negative doctors each year, resulting to the increasing morale and profits of the company. Moreover, the author suggests several tips on how to conquer negativity through employing positive attitude in the workplace.

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